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The Heights de Louise Candlish

The Heights

Autor Louise Candlish
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 iun 2022

Reținem, înainte de orice, structura tensionată a perspectivei: privirea fixată prin fereastră către terasa de vizavi. Totul începe cu o imposibilitate. Un bărbat stă pe acoperișul clădirii The Heights. Îl recunoști. Dar el a murit acum doi ani. Tu l-ai ucis. Considerăm că Louise Candlish stăpânește aici arta suspansului psihologic prin utilizarea arhitecturii londoneze ca element de teroare. În tradiția stilului impus de Daniel Hurst în The Couple's Revenge, acest roman reimaginează ferocitatea instinctului parental, transformând doliul în obsesie distructivă. Recomandăm atenție la detalii: clădirea zveltă din Shad Thames nu este doar un decor, ci un instrument al vertijului. Spre deosebire de Our House, unde proprietatea era miza centrală, aici The Heights devine scena unei răzbunări care sfidează logica morții. Ritmul este alert. Propozițiile sunt tăioase. Tonul este de o urgență viscerală. Observăm cum autoarea explorează, la fel ca în The Only Suspect, temele deșelate ale vinovăției și ale trecutului care refuză să rămână îngropat. Este o explorare brutală a limitelor până la care poate merge o mamă pentru a-și proteja teritoriul și amintirile. Nu este doar un roman polițist, ci o analiză a prăbușirii psihologice sub greutatea unui secret care reapare la înălțime.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781471183515
ISBN-10: 1471183513
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Simon & Schuster Ltd

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Despre autor

Louise Candlish este o autoare britanică de succes, premiată pentru romanul său Our House cu titlul Crime & Thriller Book of the Year. Cu o carieră începută în publicitate și jurnalism, Candlish s-a remarcat prin capacitatea de a scana fin vulnerabilitățile clasei de mijloc londoneze. După un debut scris în Italia, s-a stabilit în Londra, oraș care devine adesea un personaj în sine în operele sale, precum Our Holiday sau The Only Suspect. Stilul său este definit de răsturnări de situație imprevizibile și o analiză psihologică profundă a personajelor aflate în situații limită.

Descriere scurtă

There is nothing as powerful as a mother’s love. But how far will Ellen go to protect her son?

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Passenger and Our House – now a major ITV series – comes a nail-biting story about a mother’s obsession with revenge.

‘I didn’t read The Heights, I inhaled it’ LISA JEWELL

Ellen Saint is just your average mum. Devoted to her family, she’s no different from any other mother who wants the best for her kids. But when her teenage son Lucas brings a new friend home, cracks start to appear in Ellen’s perfect family life.
Kieran Watts isn’t like Lucas. He’s rude, obnoxious and reckless, and Ellen can only watch in despair as her son falls deeper under his influence.
Then Ellen’s whole world implodes and she embarks on an obsessive need to get revenge.

There is nothing you won’t do for your children – even murder . . .

'Compelling, unexpected and beautifully written' JANE FALLON

‘Tense, provocative and devastatingly powerful’ TM LOGAN

'There’s nothing quite so chilling as the roar of mother tiger love. Louise Candlish had my heart in my throat. Dizzily dark. Dangerous. Deadly' JANE CORRY

'The Heights has everything you could possibly wish for – tragedy, obsession, revenge and, yes, love. Another finely-crafted masterpiece from Louise Candlish' BA PARIS

Recenzii

'It twists and it turns and it twists again. The Heights by Louise Candlish is the very definition of a “just one more chapter” novel. I devoured it. And it’s full of such great writing about the ferocity of maternal love' 
 
‘Impossible to resist, impossible to predict, impossible to put down… this is an author at the top of her game’ 
 
'There’s nothing quite so chilling as the roar of mother tiger love. Louise Candlish had my heart in my throat. Dizzily dark. Dangerous. Deadly'
'No one creates middle-class characters we love to hate quite like Louise Candlish. I’d expected her to do this, and to provide a great sense of place, and twists that would have been rifling through the book to see how they’d been done. What I wasn’t expecting was that this thriller of obsessive revenge and intense parental grief would tug at my heartstrings. Smart, addictive, twisting, surprising. Highly recommended' 
‘This psychological thriller that is a perfect example of its type’ 
‘Candlish’s latest, thoroughly compelling thriller shows off her trademark mix of smartly observed London life, crafty twists and unreliable, but all-too-believable characters’
‘A woman glimpses a man on a roof terrace. Strange thing is, she knows he’s dead. And she knows because she killed him… From the award-winning author of Our House'
‘The Heights explores maternal love and how ferocious it can be, as well as dealing with grief and revenge, showing how these emotions can become blurred. Admittedly, Ellen is a hard character to like, but writer Louise Candlish skilfully makes the reader empathise with her feelings. Stylish and sinister, this is a dark tale with a punch to the ending’
‘When Ellen’s son Lucas befriends troubled teen Kieran, her instinct to keep her child safe intensifies. But within months, Lucas’s life has been destroyed. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between Ellen and Kieran, as she strives for revenge. But we soon wonder if there’s another side to the story'
‘A dizzying read with some wicked plot twists, this is a story you won’t put down!’
'The Heights has everything you could possibly wish for - tragedy, obsession, revenge and, yes, love. Another finely-crafted masterpiece from Louise Candlish' 
‘Tense, provocative and devastatingly powerful. I loved Our House but I think The Heights might be even better’ 
'A beautifully written tale of destructive obsession and revenge, with Louise’s trademark killer twist' 
'Compelling, unexpected and beautifully written'
'Another very clever corker of a book from Candlish . . . As with her recent hits, Candlish uses architecture as a thrilling backdrop and skewers the vanities and vulnerabilities of complacent middle-class types and what they are capable of when faced with protecting their territory. We all know people like these characters – she couldn’t possibly be talking about us. Could she?' Daily Mail 

‘Dangerously dark and grippingly tense, this will keep you guessing with its brilliant twists and turns’ Heat

'Stylish and sinister, this is a dark tale with a punch to the ending' S Magazine

‘An edge of the seat read' Closer

‘A roller-coaster read’ Bella

‘When Ellen’s son Lucas befriends troubled teen Kieran, her instinct to keep her child safe intensifies. Ellen’s gut feeling is right as, within months, Lucas’s life has been destroyed. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between Ellen and Kieran, as she strives for revenge. Told through Ellen’s own heart-breaking account, you soon wonder whether her point of view is accurate, or if there’s another side to the story. A real nail-biter' Woman & Home

'This story of revenge, love and fear – and what justice really means – is a sure-fire hit' Fabulous

‘A gripping read!’ Yours

'This multi-layered thriller has everythign you want in a great read: tension - you're never sure who is telling the truth - emotion - as you put yourself in Ellen's shoes - and an unravelling of the plot that is both satisfying and scary. Wonderful' Belfast Telegraph

'Another helping of twisted suburban noir at its fiendishly finest' Lancashire Evening News

 

'A vertigo-inducing plot to make your head spin… a devilish chiller' Saga

'Another great read from the bestselling author Louise Candlish… Twists and turns that will leave you breathless until the final page' Hello

‘Quite breathtakingly brilliant, this slow-burning thriller about the power of a mother’s love will keep you hooked' Real People

Descriere

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE, WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDCOMES A NAIL-BITING STORY OF TRAGEDY AND REVENGE

Notă biografică

Louise Candlish is the internationally bestselling author of fifteen novels, including The Other Passenger, The Heights, and Our House, which won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. It is now a major four-part TV drama starring Martin Compston, Tuppence Middleton, and Rupert Penry-Jones, available to stream on CBC Gem. Louise lives in London with her husband and daughter. Connect with her on Twitter @Louise_Candlish, Facebook @LouiseCandlishAuthor, and Instagram @LouiseCandlish.